Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-14
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. IRELAND MUST SUBMIT. A Policy Of MerciIess Co.,
 ercion. NO TRIAL RACE YESTERDAY. The Yachts Becalmed On
 The Course. THE NEW YORK REPUBLICANS To Name Colonel Grant For
 Treasurer.
THE NEW YORK REPuBLICAN:
EDITOR o,BRIEN,s PRISON CELL

T EDITOR O'BRIEN's PRISON CELI
 only Nine by Four and Badly venti z lated-Some Sharp Words In Conn
 mons RuI the Appropriation Bfl , Passes its Third Reading -Parlia ment Will Re ProrOgued on Friday LONDON, Sept. 13-The Rt. Hon. William
 1 Henry Smith, chancellor of the exchequer
 replying to a question in the House of Com mons this evening" said the attention of the government had been called to statement
 contained in the Dublin Weekly News to the
 effect that it would continue to publish re- ports of the meetings of such branches of
 the Irish league the government might order suppressed to show the futility of the governments attacks the league. This
 paper, MT. Smith said, belonged to the lord
 mayor of Dublin, MT. T. D. Sullivan, who
 was also member of the House of Com
 mons and justice of the peace for Dublin.
 Nevertheless, if any of the threatened pulp fishing actually took place the government
 would take steps to vindicate the law. (Cries of "Hear !" "Hear ID
 Ar. John Philip Nolan, home ruler for
 North Galway, asked if it was true that MT.
 William O'Brien was confined in cell nine by four feet in area and if MT. Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland, meant to order reason l able accommodations for the prisoner. Mr. 1 Balfour said he had no knowledge respecting the nature of the cell occupied by MT. l O'Brien. Of course, he added, it was his 1 (Mr. Balfour's) desire that MT. OBrien should be comfortably confined and the prison rules provided that untried prisoners should ! bova roooopo blo Mr. NoIaO said he hoped the government would relax 1 the prison rules applicable to political of lenders in Ireland and especially urged modification of the degrading duties enforc- l ed on common criminals. MT. John Dillon I said it was manifest that the government I had the power to inhict personal punishment ! upon their political opponents, especially upon members of the Irish party, who, there fore, had the right to demand security that they would not be treated like pickpockets. His own experience as political prisoner in Ireland was that food was meted out on a starvation system in Irish jails. If MT. O'Brien was confined in an ordinary cell it was cruel, seeing that he was in delicate health. He (Mr. Dillon) was convinced that the people of England would not stand continuance of the treatment the government gave political prisoners. If the government persisted in the course of treatment they would arouse storm of hate they would find difficult to quell. MT. Bslfour said he was unable to see that the offenses of per sons arrested under the crimes act differed from offenses under the ordinary law. Any alteration in the treatment of prisoners A, lo Had l-o prisoners should be treated alike. Regard ing prison discipline he had some difficulty in reconciling the statements now made with the language formerly used by the Irish members to the effect that if the crimes act were enforced the bulk of the prisoners put in jail under it's provisions would be better off than they were outside the prisons. He ! was unable to conceive how the Irish mem bers could make any distinction between the prison treatment of persons under arrest for l melting people to crime and outrages and | that given to those under arrest for commit ! ting crime and outrsges. MT. O'Brien had only himself to thank for being now in GUS tody. If he had appeared in court at Nit | chelstown to answer the summons command 1 ing him to appear there and answer the ! charges against him, even if convicted he ! might have remained at large prior to the ad l indication of an appeal Conservative cheers). l
 MT. John Morley, Liberal, said the action ! of the Irish members was due to the nature l of the exceptional law forced on the l people of their country, the consequences ! amply warned of. In no foreign 1 country were political offenders subject to the l harsh discipline applied to political prisoners 1 in Ireland. What the government had al l ready done showed that it was their intention l to rule Ireland during the recess in the most | rigorous manner possible under the coercion | act. He urged the government to reconsider l their refusal to grant an inquiry into the con- duct of the police at Mitchelstown. If the l government would not concede the commit tee of Parliament to make the inquiry it was | at least desirable that an official investigation should be made to satisfy the public mind. The government ought also to issue special | cautions to the police against resorting to the use of firearms against the people except in the last extremity.
 MT. Labouchere denounced tho police &C., count of the Mitchelstown affray as gross and impudent tissue of lies, and he charac terized the men who issued it as liars as well ss murderers. He demanded an impartial inquiry into the outrages.
 Mr. Parnell said that nothing reflected more discredit on the government than the present treatment of political prisoners. The late Mr. Forster treated his prisoners with distinguished humanity. Now the govern ment tried to strike terror into the hearts of their opponents Dy treating political prison CTS like criminals of the bssest type. Re- ferring to the Mitchelstown affair, MT. Par nell declared that no government reporters were ever molested at any of the thousands of l meetings which had been held by the Irish National league in Ireland. The meeting at Mitchelstown was equally open to these reporters. The police acted like towards and were part of the system which was reign of terror within prison and one of murder outside. Instead of coneeding to Ireland the right to manage her own affairs the government had taken her by the throat and was trying to strangle her. In conclu- sion Mir Parnell said he wished MT Balfoqr well outside of his job. Qrish cheers.) My only fear is," added the Irish leader, :'lest some men become so exasperated as to com init wild acts of revenge. will continue to urge my countrymsn to patient endurance of wrong and suffering until they get home rule." (Cheers.)
 The appropriation bill passed it's third reading and the House adjouRned until Fri day next when Parliament will be prorogued
 O'Brien In Close Quarters.
 DUBLIN, Sept. 13.-The Freeman's Journal